Clued-Up – an effective project management app for Android

Clued-Up is a simple but fun-to-use and effective project management and productivity app for Android. It lets you create a project before adding notes, images, files, scribbles and URLs. There’s a great tutorial which explains how it all works and, while it’s not the most intuitive app out there, it’s rewarding to use and improves with each update.

Price: Free for 3 projects and 30MB of storage, or incremental subscriptions for more.

Pros & Cons:

Features:

Clued-Up is a project management application that allows you to add multiple files types into a project, add notes and sketches before sharing it with colleagues. It’s pretty easy to use once you know how and the patient tutorial system guides you through every phase of using the app.

The first thing you have to do is create a new project and name it. From there you can add new items; notes, images, URL links, scribbles and documents. These items can be revised and edited, plus you can rearrange the order in which they are displayed. You can easily delete them too if you need to.

It’s pretty easy to use once you know how and the patient tutorial system guides you through every phase of using the app.

The user interface feels quite basic, but it’s smooth and well-designed, even if you find the design a little dated compared to other applications- maybe those who use Google’s ‘Holo’-design. That said, this removes none of the usability of the application and I was surprised at how rewarding it felt to use. You do have to get used to it, but it’s definitely worth it and feels stable and slick.

Initially, I was quite pleased with this little app but not massively impressed. However, I noted that there was a PDF button on the UI which, when pressed, turns your whole project into a concise PDF file! This can then be otherwise shared or exported. While there is a sharing feature in the app to add colleagues to the project, this seemed like a fantastic way of displaying the completed project in an efficient way.

As mentioned, the app is certainly something that you could use frequently. I would argue that it is not as immediately intuitive to use as some apps- you really do need the tutorial- but once you figure it out it’s great.

The app is free to use and allows you to create three projects with a total of 30MB of storage. You can pay for more on a subscription basis. This runs from 10 projects and 200MB of space up to unlimited projects and 10GB of storage space. There are not many services that provide quite the same experience as Clued-Up, and there are various free apps that could be used for similar purposes such as Google Keep, Evernote and Springpad- but it’s an app that you need to try out to see if it meets your needs better.

Clued-Up – Handy tutorial (1)

Clued-Up – Handy tutorial (2)

Clued-Up – Handy tutorial (3)

Clued-Up – Handy tutorial (4)

Clued-Up – Handy tutorial (5)

Clued-Up – Add images

Clued-Up – Add notes

Clued-Up – Add URLs

Clued-Up – Drag items

Clued-Up – File navigation

Clued-Up – Files

Clued-Up – Gallery

Clued-Up – Open Project

Clued-Up – PDF

Clued-Up – Sample PDF

Clued-Up – Navigation

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.0 out of 5)

Should you Download Clued-Up? Clued-Up is a very useful application if you are required to create content-based projects. It’s relatively simple to use and, while the UI isn’t the best, it’s rewarding and offers plenty of features including the ability to convert the project into a handy PDF. The app is free to try and I’d certainly recommend trying it out. From this trial, you can see if the app is something you need to expand with their offered subscription options.